pron
nobody
NOH-bod-ee
pron
1
Not any person; no one.
"Nobody answered when I knocked on the door."
"Nobody expected the team to win the final."
noun
1
A person considered unimportant or insignificant.
"He went from being a nobody to a household name overnight."
How to Use Nobody
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither "no one at all," or, as a noun, someone seen as unimportant.
Common pairings
a nobody
nobody knows
nobody else
Word Forms
nobodies plural
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Etymology
From Middle English no body, literally "not any person."